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Bitter Gourd Fry

Last night  I had very little time to put together a meal, but I was craving to eat something good. Found one big Bitter Gourd in the fridge and made this fried bitter gourd alongside some rice and daal. Thus there was a scrumptious and satisfying dinner.

Ingredients

1. Bitter Gourd - 1 large, cut into circles and cored
2. Meet Mirsang - 1 tbsp
3. Semolina / Rava - 1 tbsp
4. Coconut oil - 1 tbsp
5. Salt - 1 tsp



Method

 Wash the bitter gourd and drain.

Add generous amount of salt and mix and keep aside for 20 to 30, for the release the extra bitterness. You can avoid this step if you want all the extra bitterness.

Wash off the extra salt and drain again and mix in the meet mirsang and semolina, until all the pieces of bitter gourd are well coated with the masala.

Heat coconut oil in a frying pan and shallow fry the bitter gourd pieces on both side until they are crisp and done.

Serve with hot pez (congee) or some steamed rice with some simple daal.

Note - Recipe of meet mirsang -
 http://mangalurukitchen.blogspot.com/2018/08/meet-mirsang-salt-and-chilli-paste.html

Recipe for daali tove -
http://mangalurukitchen.blogspot.com/2018/08/daali-toye.html

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